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Rare Books and Manuscripts
708
Reference Library
1
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Bonnell, Mandy
3
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
3
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Bush, Tracey
2
Cracknall, James
2
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
2
East India Company. Army
2
Great Britain. Admiralty
2
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
2
Orlebar, Frederica St. John, 1838–1928
2
Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
2
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
2
Parker, Thomas Browne, 1797–1833
2
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
2
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
2
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
2
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909
2
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Unknown
2
On-site Access
Accessible in the Study Room
708
Accessible in the Reference Library
1
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
668
Free to Use
40
Image Available
Unavailable
485
Available
223
New Additions
2024-2025
4
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Archives & Manuscripts
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708
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Period
19th century
498
18th century
109
20th century
92
17th century
16
15th century
9
16th century
8
21st century
7
14th century
1
Materials & Techniques
felt (textile)
1
lithography
1
Work Type
ephemera
155
ink drawing
137
watercolor
128
blank form
96
financial record
90
diarie
87
billhead
74
receipts (financial records)
70
engraving
67
graphite drawing
58
botanical illustration
43
correspondence
40
invoice
39
commonplace book
38
photograph
33
travel literature
32
sketchbook
27
herbaria
26
account book
25
notebook
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Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
53
Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
39
English poetry -- 19th century.
26
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
22
Pressed flower pictures.
22
Women in natural history.
20
Italy -- Description and travel.
19
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
19
Grand tours (Education)
18
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
17
France -- Description and travel.
16
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
16
Fashion -- Great Britain.
14
Woolen goods industry -- Great Britain.
14
Food -- Great Britain.
12
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
12
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872 -- Ownership.
12
Storefronts -- Great Britain.
12
Textile fabrics -- Specimens.
12
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
11
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Subject Period
19th century
149
18th century
40
20th century
18
17th century
3
16th century
2
Associated Places
Great Britain
299
England
43
London (England)
30
France
29
Italy
29
Europe
17
Switzerland
16
India
13
London
12
Belgium
11
Germany
11
Manchester (England)
9
Rome (Italy)
9
Scotland
8
Egypt
5
Ireland
5
Liverpool (England)
5
Yorkshire (England)
5
Austria
4
Edinburgh (Scotland)
4
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Associated People
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
6
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
5
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
4
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
4
Stevenson, Robert W., active 1881–1891
4
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
3
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
3
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Strathallan, James Andrew John Lawrence Charles Drummond, Viscount, 1767–1851
3
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
3
Bado Aureo, Johannes de
2
Bossi, Silvestro
2
Buggin, Barrington
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Byass, Charles, active 1849
2
Constable, John, 1776–1837
2
Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798–1863
2
Cracknall, James
2
Crosdill, John, 1772 or 1773–1849
2
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Exhibition History
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
19
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
14
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
4
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
2
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016)
2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
1
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
3
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
2
Yale Center for British Art, John F. O'Brien Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Greer Allen
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jessica Helfand, Yale BA 1982, YSOA 1989.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Underwood
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ken Spelman Books
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Larry Hanks
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lauren Brown.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
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Language
English
664
French
9
Italian
6
Latin
5
English, Middle (1100-1500)
3
German
3
No linguistic content
2
Danish
1
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
1
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
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Japanese
1
Spanish
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse
[1753]
2
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29
1773 January 29
3
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
4
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Alphabet
1857
5
Shoubridge, James
Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London
1807
6
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
7
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
8
White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)
Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848
1848
9
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
10
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
11
Bill for building expenses
1760
12
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
13
Letters of administration of William Morgan
1781
14
Irby family commonplace book
1823-1852
15
Classical School (Mount Pleasant, Sleaford, England)
Bill for school expenses for C. Lamb, to be paid to Edwin R. Dibben, Classical School, Mount Pleasant, Sleaford
1880
16
Stencils
late 19th century
17
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry Dixon
1918
18
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
19
Album of animal drawings and lithographs
1832-1834
20
Egerton, Mary Sarah Amherst, Lady, 1837–1892
Little Gertrude's picture book, from mamma, 1864
1864
21
Hesketh, Robert (Architect)
Robert Hesketh travel diary
1839 October 22-1840 February 19
22
Bado Aureo, Johannes de
Tractatus de armis
circa 1450
23
Watson (Clothier)
Bill for clothes, notions, and fabrics, 1801
1801
24
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Mary Linwood letter, to an unidentified recipient, July 27, about trilobite and fossil specimens she has obtained
circa 1830? July 27
25
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
26
Smith, Robert, 1792–1882
Asiatic costumes drawn by Captn. R. Smith 44th. Regt, 1826
1826
27
N. Kelly & Son
Billhead of N. Kelly & Son, stationer, for a purchase by Blake
1835
28
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Record books
1829-1864
29
Signal manual from the French ship Neptune
1805
30
Laurie, Anna Maitland, 1782–1861
Bill for school expenses for Miss H. Townley at Mrs. Laurie's school, Bath Place, Reading
June 16th, 1831
31
Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)
[Bill of receipt for the purchase of a sedan chair by W. Murdoch of Madeira, London, 1788]
1788
32
King's Lodge Academy (Exeter, England)
Bill for school expenses at King's Lodge Academy, Exeter, to be paid to the Messrs. Quicke
1850
33
Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)
Crystal Palace season ticket, 1855
[1855]
34
Bill from the Daily Post Waggon Office, Edinburgh for carriage expenses fo Mr. G. Alexander, Banff
4th November, 1812
35
Rose, Richard, 1728–1770
A journal of a voyage to Madrass
1761
36
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
Journal in Portugal, Spain and France
1812-1814
37
Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920
Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James Douglas Dick, naval officer
1853-1898
38
Quartettes
circa 1860?
39
Salisbury, Frank O. (Frank Owen), 1874–1962
Album relating to frescoes by Frank Salisbury in Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta
1921
40
Battle-Bridge Brewhouse (London, England)
Billhead of Battle-Bridge Brewhouse, London, for purchases made by Mr. Gibbs, 1808
1808
41
Pett, A
An excursion to Horace's Sabine farm, April 1st 1846
1846
42
Hammond, Frederick (Hosier)
Billhead of Frederick Hammond, London clothier, recording purchases by Lord G. Beauclerk, 1871
1871
43
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
The First [... fourth] booke of architecture
not before 1611
44
R., J. & S. Garrard
Billhead recording purchases by the Rev. L. Iremanger from R.J. & S. Garrard, goldsmiths & jewellers
1824
45
Hadfield, James, approximately 1772–1841
Epitaph of my poor Jack, squirrel
1826?
46
Cook, Jno. (Shoemaker)
Bill for the repair of boots and shoes
1816
47
Townend, Thomas
Billhead of Thomas Townend, London hatter, for hats purchased by Charles Byass, 1849
1849
48
Collins, Patrick, -1781
Will of Patrick Collins
1781
49
Crafton, Edith Caroline, 1833–
Edith C. Crafton science notebook, completed at South End House, Croydon
ca.1850
50
A. & R. Thwaites & Co
[Billhead of A. & R. Thwaites & Co., Dublin]
1857
51
Blackburne, Harriot
The gypsey's tent
1849, January
52
Young, Patricia (Nurse)
Album of photographs, autographs, and notes compiled by Patricia Young, nurse of the Volunteer Aid Detachment
1914-1917
53
Hore's Wharf (London, England)
[Receipt for three boxes of tea to be shipped on board the Union]
1835
54
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760–1846
Letter from Thomas Clarkson to Thomas Middleditch
1842?
55
Taxes assessed to William Moody, of Ampthill
Michaelmas, 1820 and 1823
56
Gurton, Alfred
Diary of Alfred Gurton on a trip to India
1918
57
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Vinters in Kent, a seat of James Whatman Esqr
1797
58
Flora
approximately 1860
59
McClure, Louisa Agnes, 1884 or 1885–
The Countess Winifred, and her children
1896
60
Barron & Co. (Firm : London, England)
[Advertisement for venetian fan blinds, brass cornice poles spring roller blinds, painted blinds and curtain brackets, London, 1818]
[1818]
61
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
One hundred new fables
1817-1825
62
Corrall, Christopher, active 1772
Billhead of Christopher Corrall and Daniel Blachford, gold and silver lacemen, London, for purchases made by Barrington Buggin Esq., May 13th, 1772
1772
63
Burch, William Walter, approximately 1796–1873
Album of the work of William Walter Burch, engraver on gold and silver
1821-1871
64
The young companion
1897 January-1898 December
65
Boulaye, H., active 1819
Bill for school expenses for Miss Davenport, at H. Boulaye's school, Manchester
June 17, 1819
66
Cowell, John
Sketches of John & George from home
June 25th, 1842
67
Bill for house repairs provided to Mr. Wadsworth, 1822
1822
68
Grey Friars' House (Lincoln, England)
Bill for school expenses for Miss Kate Lamb, due to Mrs. Blundell at Grey Friars' House, Lincoln
April, 1882
69
Barmby, Julia Maria, 1823–1892
Julia Maria Barmby and Charlotte Elizabeth Barmby commonplace books
ca. 1844-1865
70
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive
71
Spain. Sovereign (1813–1833 : Ferdinand VII)
Passport of Matthew Arnold and John Keir for travel to Madrid and San Sebastian
1813 December 14
72
Vigevano, Guido da, approximately 1280–approximately 1350
Liber acquisitionis Te[r]re Sa[n]te de ultra mare
1375
73
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
74
E. & S.R. Richards
Billheads recording clothing purchased by Robert W. Stevenson from E. & S.R. Richards, clothiers, London
1891
75
Morton, Edward
Presentation album to Abraham Follett Osler, on his eightieth birthday
1888
76
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
A survey and description of the principal harbours
1698
77
Barklie, John R.
[Billhead of John R. Barklie, Proprietor, 99 Grafton Street, Dublin for items purchased by Mrs. Brewster of 9 Prince Edwards Terrace on March 15/55]
1855
78
A full & true account of a pleasure party to Rockingham in 1817 by C.R., illustrated by J.P
1817?
79
Coles, Frederick Rhenius, 1853 or 1854–
This book contains drawings of marine shells (from Forbes & Hanley) generally considered as specially British
1884
80
Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–
Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine
1897
81
De Worms, Louisa Matilda, 1876–1948
De Worms family scrapbook
1912-1913
82
Documents concerning "James II receiving the mathematical scholars of Christ's Hospital"
1837
83
J. Christie & Son (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Billhead of J. Christie & Son, Edinburgh clothiers, for purchases by Joseph Markland, 1850
1850
84
J.S. Moss & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
Billhead of J.S. Moss & Son, draper and general outfitter, Manchester
1881
85
National Panorama (London, England)
National Panorama, 21, York Street, Westminster
[1883?]
86
Pollard, G.
Letter
1928 April 13th
87
Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
1680 April 1
88
Henderson, F. (Clothier)
[Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888]
1888
89
Field, William, 1854–1932
William Field scrapbook
1895
90
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Joseph Wright notebook
1775-1780
91
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
92
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895
Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary
1860-1866
93
[Advertisement for patent doors, windows, & shutters for the prevention of burglary]
[1817?]
94
Godfreys, Amy, active 1879
Bills for school expenses for Miss Gleason, to be paid to Amy Godfreys, Vernon Street, Derby
1878-1879
95
By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party
between 1792 and 1818?
96
Collis, Isaac Mossop, 1852 or 1853–
Isaac Collis album of pawnbroker's tickets
1879-1881
97
Sayers, Henry, 1819 or 1820–1891
Toy soldier paper dolls
ca. 1830
98
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
John Porter manuscript
circa 1450
99
Smallwood, B.
Billhead of B. Smallwood, London haberdasher, for purchase of ribbon by an unidentified buyer
180-?
100
St. Helens (Clifton, Bristol)
Bill for school expenses for Miss Mason at St. Helens School, Clifton, Bristol
1884
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